Comment on Apple is reportedly getting ready to introduce ads to its Maps app

• zewm@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I switched from Google to Apple back in 2018 and the royal fixing up lately is making me start looking at how to go back.

  I’m really disappointed with the direction and lack of quality from Apple these last few years.

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  • _cryptagion@anarchist.nexus ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    well bad news, Google is going to be going walled garden soon as well, so the only options for apps will be google-approved ones. you can bet those options are going to quickly enshitify once you don’t have a choice in using them.

    I’m getting a Linux phone soon so I can get out of this duopoly entirely.

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    • BangelaQuirkel@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      2026 is the year of the Linux phone

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      • Attacker94@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        More like 2026 + 10, Linux phones are severely lagging behind, enough so that they are at least 10 years away from having enough adoption for banks and the like to recognize their existence, the annoying truth is that it cannot be mainstream until it is able to use these critical apps with no workarounds as “it works but isn’t allowed” will be the death knell of any amount of mainstream appeal.

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    • isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I’m this close to getting a fucking TomTom. I need something that can do turn by turn navigation in a car, ideally through Android Auto, but nothing good goes on Android Auto anymore.

      How long until we crack this protocol anyway so we can use Linux phones with Android Auto?

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  • Dead_or_Alive@lemmy.world ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Same, I had been on android since the OG Droid and switched around the same time for similar reasons.

    If Apple is going to charge premium prices just to splash ads on their products I’m moving on again.

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    • zewm@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      The ads don’t bother me as much as the low QA lately. I upgraded to iOS26 and it’s the buggiest product ever. I have the newest iPhone pro/max and it should be able to handle it fine. Siri never works, apps crash, freeze, the interface is extremely ugly to look at (the liquid crap). Just overall it feels half assed.

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  • stellargmite@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I switched in 2021. I havent noticed any fuckupery. Whats been happening ?

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• atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  You can name names, it’s Tim Cook, Craig Federighi, Phil Schiller, and Greg Joswiak.

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  • reddig33@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I think it’s more likely just Tim Cook. The buck stops with him. Someone needs to say no to some of this stuff (liquid glass, yearly release schedules, etc.) and that someone should have been him.

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    • 418_im_a_teapot@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I was so hopeful they might just skip one yearly release and focus on bug fixes and technical debt. But then they go and change the name of the version to match the calendar year, and now I’m convinced we’re never going to get a stable iOS again.

      ヽ( `д´*)ノ

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